Discovery shuttle poised for last launch

Discovery shuttle poised for last launch

Discovery NASA's oldest and most journeyed space shuttle is poised to launch Thursday on its final mission to the International Space Station wrapping up a near three-decade legacy of orbital travel.

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Before rush, one tablet stands out

The Motorola Xoom, one of the most eagerly awaited iPad rivals, has arrived. It has slightly upgraded hardware, but its Google tablet software, known as Honeycomb, is the more important story.

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Christchurch earthquake: 'My home town has been devastated'

My father greets me at Christchurch airport with wet eyes. He looks smaller than I've ever seen him, and is talking too loudly, and too much. He gabbers a sort of apology for the state of the dilapidated terminal, straining under the deluge of emergency flights. The new airport was supposed to have been finished by now, he says, but was delayed by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck on 4 ...

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Montreal food fanatics hope YouTube sensation Epic Meal Time becomes TV show

TORONTO - While much of the world has turned calorie conscious, Harley Morenstein and his band of burger-loving buddies have gone the other way and have become cult YouTube favourites in the process.

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